Shoe-cabinet



UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

WITCHA S. SETTLE, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

SHOE-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,765, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

(No modrl.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that I, WITCHA S. SETTLE, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cabinets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cabinets for use in stores; and the obj ect isto provide for the convenientarrangement of the stock according to size,style, or make, and so as to enable the salesman or attendant to haveready access to different styles and sizes and to select those desiredwithout the trouble of moving or handling other stock.

It consists, essentially, of a case or cabinet furnished with drawerswhich are arranged in groups or sections and with a door for each groupor section. It consists, further, in dividin g each drawer into severalcompartments by movable or knockdown partitions, and in providing thedoors on their outer sides with clasps, hooks, or other devices forholding samples of the goods contained in the drawers.

Preferably I arrange the drawers in groups or sections of three anddivide each drawer by three partitions into four compartments, thusmaking twelve compartments in eachgroup of drawers. Each compartment isdesigned to hold one pair of shoes, and provision is therefore made fortwelve pairs in each section, and these are to be selected or assortedand arranged with respect to size. This arrangement will be foundconvenient in ordinary cases; but of course different arrangements maybe adopted, if preferred, without departing from the spirit of myinvention. Each section is provided with a door, by which the drawers inthat section are covered, and each door is provided on its outer facewith a clasp, hook, or other device to hold a sample shoe or card todesignate the style or quality, or both, of the shoes contained in thatsection.

In the accompanying drawings,which Villustrate my invention and form apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case orcabinet constructed and arranged according to my invention. Fig. 2 is -alongitudinal vertical section through one of the drawers, and Fig. 3 isa transverse section. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of partitionsmade of wood and sheet metal, respectively.-

The case or cabinet is constructed in any convenient size or shape, withvertical partitions a, suitably disposed to divide the same intosections corresponding with the width of the drawers A, and withhorizontal partitions or shelves a a sufcient distance apart to receivebetween them the number of superimposed drawers which constitute a groupor section. Each drawer slides upon ways or runners, which are attachedto the vertical partitions in the usual way, so that either drawer maybe pulled out without disturbing the others of the group. Each drawerhas three (more or less) movable or knockdown partitions b, which divideit into compartments, the drawers being of such size and the number ofpartitions being such as to make each compartment the proper size tocontain one pair of shoes.

The partitions b are made of wood or sheet metal or of other suitablematerial, and are provided at their ends with projecting pins b', whichwork in vertical grooves or slots a3 in the sides of the drawers, and attheir bottoms with projecting pins b2, which enter holes in the bottom.The partitions when set up are held in position by the pins b bz. Theymay be turned and laid down in the bottoms of the drawers by trstraising them up to disengage the pins b2 from the bottom, the slots a3being long enough for this purpose, and when so laid down they will beheld in place by the pins b. Thus two or more compartments may be throwninto one and the drawer adapted to larger or other stock.

Each section of the cabinet is provided with a hinged door, C, by whichit may be closed. These doors not only inclose the drawers, but theyserve as supports upon which to hang sa mple shoes or cards to indicatethe style or quality of the goods contained in that section. For thislatter purpose each door is provided with a clasp or hook, c, to holdthe shoes. It is thus unnecessary to take downany sample from its hookor clasp when the door is opened to give access to the drawers of anysection, as the door and sample together swing out of IOO the way toallow the drawers to be opened and again swing back into place when thesec-r tion is closed.

XVhile the principal oilice of the doors is to provide supports for thesamples, they also cover the fronts of the drawers, and the 1atter neednot, therefore, be so highly nished as they would have to be if thedoors were omitted.

I may substitute for the doors swinging` brackets to swing in front ofthe sections of drawers and support the samples, and adapted to swingback out of the way the saine as the doors. In such case the drawerswill require to be finished in order to impart a finished appearance tothe cabinet.

The fronts of the drawers will be provided with labels to designate thesizes they contain, the style and quality being indicated by the sampleon the door or bracket. Each compartment may also be labeled todesignate the particular size contained therein, whereby the salesman orattendant will be enabled to selectthe size desired withonthandling ortouching any others.

Having referred to other materials than those specified out of which thepartitions b may be made, I desire to state here that they may bcconveniently and cheaplj,r made out of wire bent into shape to formframes and eovered with cloth or other suitable fabric.

Having now described my invention, I claiml. A shoecabiuet provided withdrawers arranged in groups or sections, each section adapted to containa proper assortment of sizes, and each provided with a swinging door orbracket adapted to be swung in front thereof, said doors or bracketshaving clasps or holders to hold sample shoes, substantially as shownand described.

2. A shoe-cabinet provided with drawers arranged in groups or sections,each section adapted to contain an assortment of sizes, and each drawerdivided by movable or knockdown partitions into several compartments,each compartment adapted to contain a single pair of shoes, and eachsection provided with a swinging door or bracket adapted to be turned infront of the drawers of that section and provided with a clasp, hook, orholder to support a sample of the shoes in the drawers, substantially asshown and described.

3. A drawer for shoe-cabinets constructed, shown and described, withmovable partitions adapted to be turned down, so as to lie on the bottomof the drawer, orto be setup to divide the drawer into compartments,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VITCIIA S. SE'ITLE.

Witnesses:

J. MONAMEE, H. J. Ennis.

